For the families of those detained, it’s an incredible relief. Gloria Browning Vaamondes-Barrios last spoke to her husband Miguel on March 14. The next day, the Trump administration loaded him onto a flight in South Texas which took off for El Salvador even as a judge prepared to hold a hearing over whether the operation was legal.

Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador's gangs in March 2022. It opened a year later in the town of Tecoluca, about 72 kilometers (45 miles) east of the ...

Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison 03:46. San Salvador — It takes about 90 minutes to drive from El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, to the most notorious prison in the country.

Inmates allegedly linked to criminal organizations are imprisoned at CECOT in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 16. (Courtesy of Salvadoran Government via Getty Images) 24,959 people played the daily ...

Noem, 53, arrived at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), where 250 suspected Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members were shipped from the US by President Trump earlier this month.

I just toured the CECOT prison in El Salvador. This maximum security facility houses the country’s most brutal criminals, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and terrorists.

In a photo released by the press office of El Salvador’s president, alleged gang members, deported by the U.S. government, kneel at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) on April 12.